Eight IPS officers transferred in UP

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government today transferred eight senior IPS officers, including police chiefs in two districts, and posted a new DIG in Lucknow.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav

DIG, PAC (Provincial Armed Constabulary) Lucknow RKS Rathore will be the new DIG of Lucknow Range, a home department spokesman said.

The government also transferred SP, Hardoi Anis Ahmed Ansari to 34th PAC Battalion, Varanasi and posted Umesh Kumar Singh who was attached to the DGP office in Lucknow in his place in Hardoi.

SP, Hapur, Yogesh Singh has been shifted to 47th Battalion PAC, Ghaziabad, from where Alankrata Singh comes to Hapur, the spokesman said, adding that SP, CB-CID, Lucknow, Pankaj Kumar comes to PTS, Unnao in place of Harish Kumar who has been attached to the DGP office in Lucknow.

The government also posted former DIG, Lucknow, DK Chaudhary to PAC headquarters Lucknow. Chaudhary was removed from Lucknow after he was caught on camera slapping an old street vendor.